Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



PATENTED NOV. 15, 1904.

J. E. LIMEBURNER.

NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLIUATION FILED MAB. 8, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Patented November 15, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

JOHN E. LIMEBURNER, OF SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA.

NOSE-GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,085, dated November 15, 1904.

Application filed March 8,1904. Serial No. 197,082. No modelfi Be it known that 1, J OHN E. LIMEBURNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing atSwarthmore, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a novel construction of Nose-Guards for Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to nose-guards for eyeglasses.

It consists of novel means for supporting the guard whereby its resilience is increased and whereby improper pressure on the nose is avoided.

It further consists of novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents in elevation a pair of eyeglasses provided with my device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the line we, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the noseguards detached from the eyeglass.

Similar numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a lens, shown in this particular illustration as rimless and provided with the usual post 2. Between the posts 2 extends a spring 3, which may be of usual or convenient form. Secured to the posts 3 by an ordinary screw t is a nose-guard 5, consisting of a blade 6, shown as provided with apertures 7. Below the blade 6 is a curved neck portion 8, shown as forming aspiral convolution and terminating in an attaching portion 9, in which is formed an aperture 10 for the reception of the screw &. As will be seen from Fig. 1 of the drawings, the blades 6 incline toward each other at their upper ends and are resiliently supported against the nose by the reduced convoluted portion 8. It will be noted that the ends of the neck portion 8 adjacent the blade 6 and attaching portion 9, respectively, cross each other, so that if the blades 6 press closely on the nose of the wearer these portions will contact with each other. In this case the convolutions 8 will be forced toward each other and assist in gripping the nose.

I have shown the nose-guard 5 as formed of an integral piece of metal of substantially l I l l l I l E l l I uniform thickness, the convolution 9 being reduced in width to give the desired resilience and the blade 6 being outwardly curved to fit the nose of the wearer.

The advantages of my invention lie in the narrowed spirally-convoluted resilient neck by which the blade is placed at the propcrangle with the lens. the ends of the neck portions crossing each other, as already described, and in providing a nose-guard resilient in all its parts, but with its resiliency so distributed as to press the substantially flatand smooth portions of the blade most firmly against the nose.

\Vhen in use, the blade 6 and the convoluted portion 8 are practically in the same plane, so that they prod uce an equal pressure on the sides of the nose, giving lirm adhesion and great comfort to the wearer. By reason of the fact that the parts 6 and 9 cross each other the part 6 can never be forced back of a plane of the convolution 8 or so as to permit the end of the post 2 to contact with the nose of the wearer. By placing the convolution 8 vertically beneath the end of the post 2 'the entire blade 6, which comes in contact with the nose of the wearer, is placed within or behind the plane of the lenses, so that it engages with the bony portion of the nose and holds the glasses securely in place.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled in the art which may come within the scope of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact construction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Anosc-guard comprising a blade portion, an attaching portion and a uniting portion forming a spiral convolution and crossing at the inner end of the blade portion on the side away from the nose.

2. A nose-guard com-prising a blade portion, an attaching portion and a portion forming an inwardly-extending spiral connecting said first-named portions and located vertically beneath the attaching portion and in a plane approximately at a right angle to that of the lens and Within or behind the plane of the Volution and crossing beneath the point of attachment on the side away from the nose;

lenses.

3. A nose-guard comprising an attaching portion, a blade portion and a connecting por- JOHN LIMEB URNER' 5 tion for said first-named portions, said con- Witnesses:

necting portion being bentinwardly from said JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

attaching portion and forming a spiral con- 0. D. MCVAY. 

